Barcelona Atlètic

Full name	Fútbol Club Barcelona Atlètic
Nickname(s)	Barça B Barça Atlètic
Founded	1970
Ground	Mini Estadi Barcelona, Catalonia Spain (Capacity: 15,276)
Chairman	Joan Laporta
Coach	Luis Enrique
League	2ªB Group 3
2008-09	2ªB Group 3, 5th
Home colours Away colours

Fútbol Club Barcelona Atlètic (formerly Fútbol Club Barcelona B) is a Spanish football team. They are the reserve team of Barcelona. Reserve teams in the Spanish football league system play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore the team is ineligible for promotion to the Primera Division. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey. In the past the reserve teams of both Barcelona and Real Madrid have blurred the lines between being a reserve team and a separate entity.

The team has a history distinct from the senior team and only became known as Barcelona B in the 1990s. Previously the club has been known as Club Deportivo Espanya Industrial, Club Deportivo Condal and Barcelona Atlètic. From 1993 to 2007, there was also a Barcelona C, founded in 1967 as Barcelona Amateur. Although Barcelona is traditionally regarded as being a very cosmopolitan club, it also has a history of producing players from the cantera barcelonista. Numerous senior players have graduated through the ranks of these junior teams.

Barcelona Atlètic play their home games at the Mini Estadi, next door to the Camp Nou. The Mini Estadi is one of the most impressive reserve team stadiums in the world. It opened in 1982 and has also hosted the FC Barcelona Dragons and Andorra internationals.

Starting in 2008, Barcelona B became known as Barcelona Atlètic. Luis Enrique took over when Josep Guardiola was promoted to senior first team coach.

Contents 1 History 1.1 SD España Industrial 1.2 CD Condal 1.3 Barcelona Atlètic 1.4 La Masia 2 Awarded 3 Season to season 4 Current players 4.1 Out on loan 4.2 In 4.3 Out 5 Selected former players 6 Selected managers 7 External links

[edit] History

[edit] SD España Industrial

Founded on 1 August 1934 as Societat Esportiva Industrial Espanya, the club was originally the sports club of the factory with the same name. The club shirt featured blue and white vertical stripes. The company was owned by the family of Josep Antoni de Albert who was briefly president of Barcelona in 1943. During Alberts’ presidency the club, now known as Club Deportivo Espanya Industrial, became the Barcelona reserve team and began to play their home games at Les Corts.

Initially the club played in the local regional leagues but in 1950 they were promoted to the Tercera División and by 1952 they had been promoted to the Segunda División. In 1953 they finished as runners-up in both the Segunda División, Group I and the subsequent promotion play-off but because they were a nursery club of Barcelona, they were unable to move up a division.

[edit] CD Condal

After winning another promotion play-off in 1956, Espanya Industrial became independent of Barcelona and were renamed Club Deportivo Condal. The club wore blue shirts with two white diagonals stripes. The club were now able to be promoted to the Primera División. However they survived only one season and were relegated in 1957. In 1968 the club rejoined the Barcelona family as the reserve team and adopted the blaugrana.

[edit] Barcelona Atlètic

In 1970, Barcelona president Agustí Montal decided to merge Condal with another junior club, Atlètic Catalunya, and formed Barcelona Atlètic. Atlètic Catalunya wasn formed in 1965 as a result of the merger of two other clubs: UE Catalunya de Les Corts, founded in 1918 as Catalunya Sporting Club, and CD Fabra Coats, founded in 1926.

[edit] La Masia

In 1979, Barcelona established La Masia as the headquarters of its youth academy. Since its inception it has nurtured numerous talented players for the senior team. Among them are Francisco José Carrasco, Ramón Calderé, Guillermo Amor, Albert Ferrer, Josep Guardiola, Sergi Barjuán, Víctor Valdés, Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Pedro Rodríguez and Bojan Krkić, all of whom played for Barcelona B. However not all the graduates of La Masia established themselves at Barcelona and some have moved to other clubs to advance their careers. These have include Iván de la Peña, David Sánchez, Luis García, Pepe Reina, Mikel Arteta, Fran Mérida, Cesc Fàbregas, Albert Luque and Giovani dos Santos.

[edit] Awarded

• Segunda División B
  • Champions: 1981-82, 1990-91, 1997-98, 2001-02
• Tercera División
  • Champions: 1973-74, 2007-08

[edit] Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1970/71 3ª 4th 1971/72 3ª 19th 1972/73 Regional — 1973/74 3ª 1st 1974/75 2ª 10th 1975/76 2ª 6th 1976/77 2ª 20th 1977/78 2ªB 5th 1978/79 2ªB 4th 1979/80 2ªB 14th 1980/81 2ªB 3rd 1981/82 2ªB 1st 1982/83 2ª 11th 1983/84 2ª 7th 1984/85 2ª 9th 1985/86 2ª 13th 1986/87 2ª 1st 1987/88 2ª 8th 1988/89 2ª 17th 1989/90 2ªB 2nd

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1990/91 2ªB 1st 1991/92 2ª 6th 1992/93 2ª 8th 1993/94 2ª 8th 1994/95 2ª 6th 1995/96 2ª 14th 1996/97 2ª 19th 1997/98 2ªB 1st 1998/99 2ª 20th 1999/00 2ªB 11th 2000/01 2ªB 9th 2001/02 2ªB 1st 2002/03 2ªB 2nd 2003/04 2ªB 8th 2004/05 2ªB 11th 2005/06 2ªB 6th 2006/07 2ªB 19th 2007/08 3ª 1st 2008/09 2ªB 5th 2009/10 2ªB —

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• 17 seasons in Segunda División
• 17 seasons in Segunda División B
• 4 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 seasons in Categorías Regionales

[edit] Current players

As of 29 August 2009

No. Position Player GK Oier Olazábal GK Rubén Miño GK Jordi Masip DF Armando Lozano DF Iván Benítez DF Marc Muniesa DF Andreu Fontàs DF Marc Bartra DF Jaume Sobregrau DF Martín Montoya DF Víctor Espasandín MF José Manuel Rueda (captain) MF Oriol Romeu

No. Position Player MF Ilie Sánchez MF Miguel Ángel Luque MF Thiago Alcántara MF Jonathan dos Santos MF Sergi Roberto MF Víctor Vázquez FW Nolito FW Gai Assulin FW Jonathan Soriano FW Eduardo Oriol FW Benja FW Rubén Rochina FW Elvis Onyema

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player MF David Polaco (at Gramenet) MF Sergio Maestre (at Lugo) FW José Luís Gómez (at Granada)

[edit] In

No. Position Player DF Armando Lozano (from Cartagena) DF Iván Benítez (from Las Palmas) DF Jaume Sobregrau (from Huesca) MF Miguel Ángel Luque (from Villareal C) FW Jonathan Soriano (from Espanyol) FW Eduardo Oriol (from Sant Andreu) FW Elvis Onyema (from Ceuta)

[edit] Out

No. Position Player DF Joni López (to Sporting Gijón) DF Héctor Verdés (to ?) DF José Antonio Solano (to Écija Balompié) DF David Córcoles (to Recreativo Huelva) MF Xavi Torres (to Málaga) MF Abraham González (to Cádiz) MF Antonio Longás (to Cartegena) FW Rubén Rayo (to Orihuela) FW Goran Marić (to Norwich City)

[edit] Selected former players

Lists of "famous" or "notable" sports persons with no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria should be avoided. Such lists should be removed or replaced with verifiable lists of players recognized by the club, league, or another reliable source and be properly referenced.

Jesús Lucendo Marc Bernaus Lionel Messi Luciano Becchio Srđan Pecelj Thiago Motta Patrick Suffo Goran Vučević Georg Hanke Ronnie Ekelund Ludovic Sylvestre Stephen Tetteh Anestis Anastasiadis Ottó Vincze Thaer Bawab Giovani dos Santos Santiago Fernández Moha Jordi Cruyff Haruna Babangida Samuel Okunowo Igor Korneev Goran Drulić Goran Marić Steve Archibald Dagoberto Moll Abraham González Albert Celades Andrés Iniesta Albert Dorca Albert Jorquera Albert Luque Albert Ferrer Alberto Botía Alberto Manga

Andrea Orlandi Antonio Hidalgo Antonio Olmo Antonio Pinilla Arnau Riera Bojan Krkić Carles Busquets Carles Puyol Carlos Muñoz Carlos Peña Cesc Fàbregas Carles Rexach Chico Cristian Hidalgo Cristóbal Parralo Damià Abella Dani Fernández Dani Fragoso Dani Tortolero Daniel Güiza David Bermudo David Casablanca David García David Sánchez Dimas Delgado Felip Ortiz Felipe Sanchón Fernando Navarro Ferran Olivella Fran Mérida Francisco Carrasco Francisco Rufete Francesc Arnau Gabri García Gerard Piqué

Gerard López Guillermo Amor Iván Cuadrado Iván de la Peña Ismael López Javi Moreno Javito Jeffrén Suárez Jesús Olmo Jesús Tato Joan Verdú Jofre Mateu Josep Fusté José Manuel Reina Jordi Ferrón Jordi Gómez Jordi López Josep Guardiola Julio Rouget Juanjo Carricondo Luis García Luis Suárez Luis Milla Lluís Carreras Lluís Sastre Marc Crosas Marc Valiente Marià Gonzalvo Mario Rosas Martín Vergés Manuel Sanchís Mikel Arteta Miguel Ángel Nano Nakor Bueno

Nayim Oleguer Presas Óscar López Óscar Engonga Óscar García Óscar Arpón Paco Clos Paqui Quique Álvarez Quique Martín Ramón Calderé Ramón Ros Roberto Trashorras Rodri Rodri II Roger García Rubén Martínez Salvador García Sergi Barjuán Sergi López Sergio Busquets Sergio Santamaría Sergio García Sígfrid Gràcia Thomas Christiansen Toni Calvo Toni Moral Toni Velamazán Urko Pardo Víctor Sánchez Víctor Valdés Xavi Hernández Xavi Moro Xavi Torres

See also Cat:FC Barcelona footballers

[edit] Selected managers

• Josep Guardiola (2007-08)
• Juande Ramos (1996-97)
• Carles Rexach (1981-87)

[edit] External links

• FC Barcelona B at official website
• The lost boys of Barcelona by Ronald Atkin
• Official FC Barcelona UK Penya

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